Stick system curtain wall EVOLUTION TOWER

metal and glass

The building is located in Moscow-City, a new Moscow urban district, approx. 5 km straight-line distance from the Kremlin. The area is also known as the “Moscow International Business Centre”. Each of the 52 floors make a 3 degree turn giving the skyscraper the appearance of a spiral DNA strand. The geometrical complexity presented special challenges to façade engineering. The tower is the first building in Russia with cold formed double glazing. To technically implement the approx. 156 degree rotation, 27 geometrically different façade units were installed to each floor. CTBUH Best Tall Building Award Europe Finalist 2015. Scope of Work Total area of 40,500 sqm (436,000 sq ft) including 35,700 sqm (384,300 sq ft) standard façade, 720 sqm (7,750 sq ft) louvre façade for the plant floor, 4,200 sqm (45,000 sq ft) of sheet cladding on the corners of the building, a 120 sqm (1,300 sq ft) entrance construction with four revolving doors and four automatic double leaf entrance doors, 270 sqm (2,900 sq ft) suspended canopy construction and 250 sqm (2,700 sq ft) double glazed skylight.